Redmond elected leader of united Irish Nationalists in 1891
The Irish Nationalist factions unite after Parnell's death and name John Redmond as their leader. The 44-year-old Wexford native studied at Dublin University and served as MP for New Ross Waterford, noted for his speaking and tactical obstructive style. Hauptmann controversy follows, with Emperor William disallowing Josef Lauff for Schiller prize. public opinion favors Hauptmann.
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Parnell
John Redmond
Redmond
United States
Ireland
Mr. Redmond
Charles Stewart Parnell
New Ross
Wexford
Waterford
William
Gerhardt Hauptmann
Germany
Hauptmann
Josef Lauff
Hot in More Ways Than One Soldiers in Transvaal Weather
The article notes the Transvaal and Cape Colony experience three hottest months January February and March with high temperatures and low rainfall. It covers elevations from 2800 to 6000 feet, cities Pretoria and Johannesburg at 4500 and 5000 feet, and mentions intense summer heat dust storms malaria disease and strong European health prospects when sanitation is good.
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Transvaal
South Africa
Cape Colony
Cape Town
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Africa
Europe
Mafia's Great Fight Sees Mafia Versus Italian Government
A lengthy analysis depicts the Mafia as a vast secret society battling the Italian government over the Notarbartola case. It claims the crime network controls justice, juries, and officials, while implicating ex Premier Crispi and detailing initiation, loyalties, and pervasive influence across trades and towns.
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Europe
Mafia
Italy
Notarbartola
M. Patizollo
Palermo
Duke of Verdura
Gentral Navigation Company
Patizello
Sig. Notarbartola
Patizollo
Fontane
Patizolo
Crispi
Ghost lore and a skeleton on the old Alexandria pike
An old Quantico man tells how his grandfather Doc Letcher claimed he captured a ghost that haunted a turnpike in the country. He staged a 25 cent lecture showing a man skeleton to prove the absence of a ghost, ending the hauntings and earning coin.
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Alexandria
Quantico
Doc Letcher
Doc
New York
New York Telegraph
Head of Canadian Militia Oversees South African Duties
Major-General E. T. H. Hutton leads the Canadian militia from Canada since August 1898 and has served as commander-in-chief. Formerly a British Army colonel and queen’s aide-de-camp, he once led military forces in New South Wales and helped promote Australian federation earning a NSW vote of thanks and honorary colonelcy of the mounted rifles.
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South Africa
E. T. H. Hutton
Canada
New South Wales
Mounted Rifles
Charities Unit Housed Society Uses Rooms for Work
In the United Charities building two rooms house the society where women gather to organize. Shelves line the walls and volunteers spend many hours on the work. Express companies process the boxes at reduced rates. Twenty to twenty five packages are distributed weekly to more than 200 beneficiaries across twenty states and territories.
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United Charities
Worldliness in the Church and its Gullible Leaders
A Zion's Herald columnist likens modern church members to a country deacon misled by city youths. He argues many worldly people seek church status for selfish gain, exploiting church trust while remaining outside true religious aims.
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Church of Today
Sometmes
Alaska
Zion'’s Herald
Worthy Charity Reading Matter for Hospitals Nationwide
The Hospital and Newspaper Society of New York distributes free reading material to inmates of hospitals and public institutions across the United States. Last year it gave books, magazines, weekly papers, and newspapers to many beneficiaries including sailors, bedridden patients, convalescents, lighthouse keepers, prisoners, and children in need.
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Hospital and Newspaper Society of
New York
New York City
United States
Disease in the Datch Navy and Tropical Illnesses
The article notes Uncle Sam's sailors in Philippine waters avoided many tropical diseases that plagued other navies. It cites 1897 hospital admissions for malaria in Holland at 20,904 among 50,167 average strength, and 161 cholera admissions with 106 deaths among Europeans, as an unusual four year spike.
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Datch
Uncle Sam
Philippine
Holland
Senior French Officer Gen dExen Donmerve Aged 94
Gen dExen Donmerve, a senior officer of the French army, is 94 years old and has served under three kings an emperor and two republics.
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d'Exen Donmerve
Misery Loves Company and the Company Returns
A compact reflection on reciprocal misfortune and social sympathy. The saying notes that those who share hardship often feel less isolated when others join them. It suggests mutual support arises from shared trouble and dark humor about shared fate.
Port Arthur Lynching of Bill Sweeney after acquittal
A Port Arthur lynching occurred as Bill Sweeney, self-confessed murderer of Gus Kambach, was reportedly acquitted in Beaumont. He was escorted off a southbound train by about five dozen spectators, hanged from a guy wire, and the rope broke during the attempt.
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Port Arthur
Bill” Sweeney
Gus Kambach
Beaumont
Sweeney
Pee Gee
Mystery in Three Deaths in Philadelphia Home
John F. Peach and his wife Margaret, recent movers from Washington D C, were found dead in their bed on Ingersell Street. Authorities suspect poisoning amid a mysterious case surrounding the trio of deaths.
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John F. Peach
Margaret
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Ingersell Street
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Reunited Nationalist Party
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Kobbe
Maetterlich
Sicily
Milan
Virginia
Nellene
Gen. Hutton
Texas
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